XVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Dec. 14.—* Windsor Castle and its Memories” (with lime-light views), 
by O. J. Jolifte, M.A. 
Jan. 11.—* South African Side-Lights,” by Capt. C. F. Winter, R.C.R. 
Jan. 18.—* The State of Labour, with especial reference to Canadian 
Legislation, by H. A. Harper, M.A. 
Feb. 8.— Canadian Novels and Novelists,” by Lawrence J. Burpee. 
Mar. 8.—“The Feudal System in Canada,” by Benjamin Sulte, 
F.R.S.C. 
Mar. 22.—Short addresses on the following subjects: “Thoughts on 
Social Progress,” “ Metrology,” “ Heredity in its Scien- 
tific and Practical Aspects.” These addresses were 
delivered respectively by W. L. M. King, M.A., LL.B., 
Otto J. Klotz and Professor Prince. 
The report of the Librarian for 1900-1901 compared with those of 
the past few years shows that the literary property of the Society is 
being utilized in a steadily increasing measure by those who, ignoring 
all the enticements to frivolous living afforded by a political city like 
Ottawa prefer to employ their leisure in “ feeding of the dainties that 
are bred in a book.” 
Last year the total number of issues of books to members amounted 
to 7,932, a slight increase over the output for the previous year. The 
Librarian was also able to report a very appreciable increase in the cir- 
culation of books of the more serious and instructive kind. Fiction 
was, of course, to the fore; it is not to be expected that we should escape 
the present world-wide avidity for what might be called “the light 
opera of letters.” But it is a source of satisfaction to us that our 
registers demonstrate that the works of Canadian novelists share the 
honours of popularity with those of their English and American con- 
temporaries During the year, Gilbert Parker’s brilliant romances and 
Miss A. C. Lout’s “ Lords of the North” appear to have contended 
valorously for first place with Paul Leicester Ford’s “ Janice Meredith ” 
and Miss Mary Johnston’s “'To Have and To Hold.” Of this fact let 
us say: Transeat in exemplum.” 
We added 240 volumes to the library during the year, making a 
total of 4,413 books in serviceable condition on our shelves. In our 
reading-room some forty magazines, reviews and periodicals are to be 
found, thoroughly representative of the various intellectual activities 
of the English-speaking world of the day. We have also a good selec- 
tion of leading newspapers on the files of the reading-room. 
T might mention that on the 8th of August, Dr. May, the Super- 
intendent of Public Libraries for the Province of Ontario, paid us his 
annual visit, and found cause to congratulate the Society upon the 
suecess of its operations. 
